Adjustable form for making wire hat-frames.



PATENTED OCT. .16, 1906.

Jus. BUGKMAN. ADJUSTABLE FORM PoR MAKING WIRE HATAPRAMBS.

APPLICATION FILED MAILS. 1906.

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No. 833,197. PATENTBD 00T. 16; 190e.

J. s. BUGKMAN.

ADJUSTABLE FORM POR MAKING WIRE HAT FRAME-S.

APPLIUATION FILED MAILS. 1906.

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PATENTED 00T. 16, 1906.

v J. s. BECKMAN.

ADJUSTABLE EoEM EUR MAKING WIEE EAT EEAMES.

APPLICATION FILED MAB..6.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BUCKMAN, OF COLLEGE POINT', NEW YORK.

`ADJUSTABLE FORM FOR MAKING WIRE HAT-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application led March 6, 1906. Serial No. 304.496.

`To all whom it' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BUCKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at College Point, county of Queens, Long Island, State of New lYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Forms for Making Wire Hat-Frames, of which the following is. a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the machine; Fig. 2, a detail vertical sectional view of one of the hook-rod clutches; Fig. 3,

` a plan view of the clutch shown in Fig.` 2,

therein, Fig. 10, a detail view of the means for moving thewire-holding devices, and Fig. 11 a section taken on the line XI of Fig. 10. j,

This invention has for one of its main objects the production of a device upon which the wire hat-frames for ladies hats may be made, the construction of the hat-frame being greatly facilitated thereby and its removal when completed being quickly accomplished Without .distortionof the hat-frame.

A further object of the invention Iis to pro- -vide means whereby hat-frames may be made with decided indentions in the crown or brim portions. In the present method of forming wire hat-frames these indentions are 4made after the vhat-frame is removed f from the form on which it is'made, the frame being bent inward by the hands of the workmen. lIt is vclear that such lbending ofthe wirel frame will not produce hat-'frames of uniform shapeI By my invention all of said indentions are shaped onthe form and require no further manipulation when the hatframe is removed from the form.

A further object of the invention is to pro,-l

vide meansadapted tobe operated by either the hand or the foot of the operator,by which all of the wire-holding hooks may be released said hooks being then returned to their normal position ready to receive the next hatframe.

Hat-frames constructed of wire are made up in various regular and irregular shapes with circular, elongated, flat, indented, and

straight or bell crowns with brims or corol l n ets having any shape, according to the design.

In this invention the construction is such that the simplest or most complex design can be made without difficulty, and the completed frame may be readily released from its supporting means and removed hom the shaping device.

So far as I am aware no machine has heretofore been constructedv on which hat-frames having indentions, either in the brim or the crown, can be made. To

`accomplish this, I have found it necessary to r reverse the position of the hooks which are to hold the wires at the inner point of the indention. It will therefore be seen that to release these hooks they must be moved in a vdirection opposite to the direction of movement of the hooks which receive and hold the wires which form the other parts of the hatframe.v By my invention I provide means for securing this movement of the two sets of wire-holding hooks in opposite directions, thereby making my adjustable form oftuni- `versal application, with whichit is possible to make any and every form of hat-frame and to have all the frames made from one pattern exactly alike in shape.

Other important objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Referring to the various parts by numerals,

I 1 designates a base or support which is adaptied to be mounted on a table or bench. 95 Mounted to rotate freely in its support is a base-plate 2, which is formed with a dependtubular socket 3, which turns in a` suitin 1 abgle bearing in said support. Secured rigidly to the base-plate and' to thev socket formed thereon is a central tubular center post 4:, which is adapted to rotate with the baseplate. Secured rigidly to the center post a suitable distance above the base-plate is a top plate 5. Connected to this top plate and to the base-plate are a plurality of radially U-shaped arms or supports 6, the upper inner ends of each of said arms being secured tothe j' upperusidejofthe top plate and the lower inlner ends of said arms being bolted to, thetop simultaneously to freethe hat-frame and to` v permit it to be removed from the form, allof of the blaseeplate, as shownclearly in Figs. l

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and 4. y The bolts connecting the lower V,

of said arms to thebase-plate are axially in line with the screws or other fastening means which secure the upper ends oi said arms to the top plate, whereby said supportingarms may be swung slightly toward one side or the other, as desired. There are usually eight of these supporting-arms employed; but it is manifest that as many of them as may be desired may be used. I have shown the baseplate and the top plate provided with sixteen openings, so that said plates are adapted to. support sixteen arms, should it be desired. In Fig. 9 the device it shown as equipped with ten arms. stood that each arin carries its supply of wireeng-aging hooks.

Mounted in the center post is a ver-ticallymovable bar 7, and secured to this bar near its upper end is a head 8, said head being adapted to slide vertically on the center post and being connected to the slidable bar by means of a pin 9, which passes through a boss on said'head and through vertical slots 10, formed in the center post. Connected to the lower end oi this bar is an actuating-lever 1 1,

. by which said bar may be reci rocated, and

to the lower end of said bar is a so connected a foot-treadle 12, so that said bar may be moved by the foot of the operator. Between the head 8 and the base-plate is arranged a coil-spring 13, which normally holds the head 8 against the top plate and the bar 7 in its uppermost position.

On the upper horizontal member 6a of each U-shaped arm 6 are pivoted two pairs of links 14, one pair being mounted near the inner end of said arm and the other near the outer end thereof'. These links project an equal distance above and below said arm, one link of each pairbeing pivoted on each side thereof. Pivotally connected to said links are two horizontal longitudinally-slotted hook-carrying bars 15, one of said hook-carrying bars beingV connected to the links above the supporting-arm and the other being connected to the links below the supporting-arm. These hookcarrying bars are substantially equal in i length to the supporting-arms, but they may be of any desired length and are slotted practically from end to end. The links in their normal position incline upward and outn wardly, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the upper hook-carrying bars are a greater distance from the center post than the lower hook carrying bars. l/Vhen the hook-carrying bars arelin this position, the lower edges of the upper series rest on the upper edges of the supporting-bars, and the upper edges of the lowerseries bear against the under side ofthe supporting-bars. The lowerend oli one link to form the operating-arm 16', said 'arm being formed with a circular end orA ballv '1'7" on'i'ts inner Jfree end. All of these circularends' or balls are within the annularv channel 1841,

It will of course be underrod is drawn downward the links will be swung on their pivots and theI upper hookcarrying bars will be drawn inward toward the center post, and the lower hookcarrying bars will be thrown outward or away from the center post.

The hook-carrying bars support the means for holding the wires of which the hat-frame is constructed. These wire-holding devices may be of any suitable form, but I prefer to use rods 18 and to form in the upper ends of said rods hooks 19. These rods are adjustably supported on the hook-carrying bars by means ofclamps 20. These clamps consist of a short sleeve 21, inclosing the head 22l of a short stud-bolt 23. The sleeve and the head of the stud-bolt are transversely apertured to receive the rod 18, and the threaded stud 24 is adapted to pass through the slot in the hook-carrying bar. By means of the nut 25 the bolt is clamped to,the hoek-carrying bar. It will be noted that the hook-.rod 18 will be bound betweenthe sleeve and the head ofthe stud-bolt and that the sleeve will be clamped against the hook-carryingbar by the nut 25. By this means the hook-rod may be adjusted along'the slot in the hook-carrying bar and may be vertically adjusted through the clamp by the manipulation of a single clamp-nut. Each clutch may be rotated on its said bolt to give the hook-rod any desired inclination. This is important in machines of this kind where it is necessary that the Working parts thereof be reduced to a minimum and their manipulation must be as simple as possible.

The hook-rods are variously adjusted and positioned to give the proper positions Jfor the wires which form the hat-frame. ln forming an ordinary hateframe-that is, one without positive yindentations in either the brim or the crown parts-the hookerods are all carried by the upper hook-carrying bars, and all of the hooks face outward-that is, their openends are turned outward, so that the wires may be readily held in them as they are passed around the4 device. When, however, it is desired to form a hat-frame having positive indentations in its brim or crown, the hooks to receive the wires at the inner points of the indentationsarelsecured in the lower hook-carrying bar and said hooks are faced inward-that is, their open ends are inward. The reason of this is that to form an indentation in the hat-frame the wires must be carried around on the inner side of the hook. It is manifest that an indentation could not be `formed by passing the wire around the outer sides of the hook-rods. of each of the inner pairs of links-is extended 'f It will be manifest that hat-frames of any desiredfo'rm may be made by means of this device@ The most irregular shapes and the j most diflicult to make can be readily shaped on my device by reason of providing one set IIC IZO

i ally connected; to a loose sleeve29,iwhich is Ameans which will permit the vcenterbar to of wire-holding hooks which face inwardand one set which faces.outward, so that the wires may be twisted and bent to any desired form and held in that' formuntil properly=tiedito ether.\

g When the hat-frame is completed, itis sim.- i ply necessary to depress the center :bar eitheri. by the hand-lever or theifoot-treadlefand to thereby slide inward ,the` uppenhookfc'arrying bars to release the hooks earriediby said bar from the wires and to simultaneouslylmove the lowerrhook-carrying;bars outward to re-V lease the hooks carriedby saidbarsfrorn the' wires, and the hat may, be lifted` clear of thei hooks. As soon as the center bar islreleased the springraises theheadSand returns all of the wire-holding hooks ,to their proper posis tionfor 'forming the neXtl hat-frame.` f

Whenever it maybe necessaryto arrange a series of wires vertically one above thee other?,l I prefer to use adjustableihookslQa, whichmay be clamped'on thev hook-rods, vas shownin Fig. `7-. By:this'means itis only.. necessary to adjustfone rod totheproper vertical positionnandto secure :on said rod-the, adjustableahooksf` Without these adjust-y able hooks ,it would' ybe necessary.-` to adjustV threefor more of ther hook-rods tpo bring-.the thre'ehooks into verticallinelone above the:` other'.` i

A socket isformedin the upper end ofl the. center post to receive the sample-hat holder: As shownin Figs. 8 andf8a, thisiholder conf sists of acenterstud 26 and four radial arms 27. yThese armsare slotted near their outer ends vand vare providedfY with rA adjustable-4 clamps28, which'are adapted to receive thel head-size wire of the sample-hat.. `Bythisi means the vsamplemay be rigidly held in place and the wire-holding hooks be adjusted to theirproper positions.. LIt will of course be understood thatthis; sample or model holder. is removed with theffsampleirame and is not `in position when the -hateframe is formeda Duringthe making, of the hat-frametheisupport is Arotated on thebaseior thefconvenience of the operator. It will of course be understood that the operating-lever is pivot?,

clamped between the two rigid collars 30, mountedron the lower end of thev center rod.

The treadle device is also -connected to the? center part byia swivel or othersuitable.`

freely rotate. l providethe treadle device so thatwthel .operator may release the hat. frame bya foot `movement and have his hands free to receive the hat-frame and to remove it from the.` frame quickly and with care.V

It is important that-.the divergent arms,-

which support the wire-holding` devices, be l i laterally adjustable'on their Ipivots in order lthat ,the wire-holdinghooks .may be brought..

into their .properpositions. YThisel consider@ l.a very-important featurenof myiinventionr.` .To yaccomplish this, lprovide divergent. sup.- y

. porting-arms, las described, and clamp them i' in their proper, positions by means of the 7.o -bolts passing through the. lower ends of said.,y

arms and into the base.. late i:

Havingthus-describe my invention, what .I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let. ters Patent, is- 75 l. An yadjustablerformi Jfor making -wire hat-frames comprisinga support, two .setsot wire-holding.' devices, and, means for .moving one of said sets of devicesinward toward-,the support` and the other set of; saiddeviceslout-i i8o ward away from the support.

2. An adjustable! ,form for; making wire i hat-frames comprising a supporttwo sets of ,a wire-holding` devices. on whichithe wire hat- ,3 l frame is. formed i `and means, for .i simultane. 85

ously moving one of said setsof wire-.holding ,devicesfinward and the otherfset outwardto `release l,the wire hat-frame,-

3. An adjustableform-for making wire hat-frames comprising a support, two sets of 9o ywiresholding` devices on which the wire hat- .frameis formed, means for simultaneously movinglone of said sets of wire-holding devices .f inwardrand the other :set outward to releasev f, the wire hat-frame, and means forautomat-g 5 ,ically returning said wire-holding devices to `their normalpositions to receivethe wire fora the next hat-frame.-

4. An adjustable form' for, making wire hat-frames .comprising arotatableA support, 10o [divergent arms carriedthereby, slidablelbars carried-.by said arms, adjustable wire-holding devices carriedby said bars, and means for simultaneously movingsaidbars on the arms to release-the wire-holding .devices` from the 105 wires of the hat-i`ramei ,1 5. An `adjustableI form. for making wire hat-frames comprising` a rotatable f support,

.i divergent arms carried thereby, movable barscarried by said divergent arms, adjust- :11o able wire-holding devices carried by saidbars,

means for simultaneously moving said bars, on the arms to release. the wire-.holding de-. vices from the :wires of the hat-frame, andy y meansforautomatically returningfsaid bars x 15 to their normal positions, whereby the` wireholding devices will be automatically f re-` turned into position. to receive the wiresfor .1 `the next `hat-frame.

6. An adjustable form. for making wire I12o hat-frames comprising a support, two sets of- `movable divergent bars, wire-supporting: de-l vices carriedby said bars, means for simul-4 taneously moving one set of bars outward and the.. other set of bars inward to release 12 5 the wire-holding.devicesfrom the wires of the :hat-frame.

7. An adjustable form for. making wire hat-frames comprisingv a support,two -sets of movable divergent bars,l wire-supporting de, :3o

vices carried by said bars', means for simultaneously moving one set of bars outward and the other set of bars inward to release the wire-holding devices from the wires of the hat-frame, and means for automatically returning said bars to their normal positions.

8. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support, two sets of movable divergent bars, wiresupporting devices carried by said bars, means for simultaneously moving one 'set of bars outward and the other set of bars inward to release the wire-holding devices from the wires of the hat-frame, and means for automatically returning said bars to their normal positions.

9. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support mounted upon a center post, two sets of wireholding devices carried by said support, means carried by the center post and connected to the wire-holding devices whereby one set of said devices may be moved in one direction and thel other set moved in the vopposite direction. f

10. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support, two sets of horizontally-movable wire-supporting devices, means for moving one of said sets of devices outward and for moving the other set of said devices inward.

11. An adjustableA form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support, two" sets of horizontally-movable wire-,supporting devices, means for moving one of said sets of devices outward and for moving the otherv set of' said devices inward, and means for automatically returning said wire-holding devices to their normal positions.

'12. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a support, two sets of movable bars carried by said support, means for moving one of said sets of bars inward and the other set of bars outward and universallyadjustable wire-holding devices carried by the bars of each set. 1

13. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a support, two sets of movable bars carried by said support, means for moving one of said sets ,of bars inward and the other set of bars outward and universally-adjustable wire-holding devices carried by the bars of each set, and means for simultaneously moving one of said sets of bars inward and the other set outward.

14. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a support, two sets oi substantially radially-movable bars carried by said support, means for moving one of said sets of bars inward and the other set of' bars outward and universally-adjustabley ally returning said bars to their normal positions to receive the wires for the neXt hatframe.

15. An adjustable form Jfor making wire hat-'frames comprising a rotatable support, a series of radial arms carried thereby, two slotted bars carried by each of said arms, wire-holding devices adjustably mounted in each of said slotted bars and means for moving one of said sets of slotted bars inward and the other set outward.

16. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support, a series of pivoted divergent arms carried thereby, two slotted bars carried by each of said arms, universally adjustable wire holding devices carried by each lof said slotted bars, and means for moving one of said sets of slotted bars inward and the other set outward.

17. An adjustable form for making wire hat-frames comprising a rotatable support, 4a tubular center post rigidly connected to said support and rotating therewith, a verticallyreciprocable rod mounted in said center post, divergent arms connected to the support, two slotted plates supported byeach of said arms, one plate of each pair being abovethe other below its supporting arm, a' yreciprocable head mounted on the center post and connected to the reciprocable rod so as to move therewith, a lever connecting said head to each pair of slotted bars, whereby when said head is moved, the slotted bars will be moved, a spring normally holding the head in its uppermost position, a lever connected to the center bar and adapted to depress said bar, and a series of universally-adjustable hookilgods carried by the radially-movable slotted ars.

18. A wire-holding device for hat-making frames consisting of a sleeve, a stud-bolt having its head inclosed by said sleeve, said sleeve and stud-bolt head being apertured transversely, a wire-holding hook-rod slidable through said aperture and rotatable therein, and a clamping-nut adapted to be scrlewed on the threaded part of the studbo t.

19. An adjustable form l'for making wire hat-frames comprising a support, a series of divergent slotted plates, clamps carried by said plates, each of said clamps consisting of a stud-bolt, a sleeve inclosing the head of said stud-bolt, the sleeve and said head being apertured transversely, ahook-rod carried by each of said clamps, said rod being slidable through said aperture and rotatable therein,

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whereby each of said hook-rods will be unisaid stud-bolt, the sleeve and said head being apertured transversely, a hook-rod carried by each of said clamps, said rod being slidable through said aperture and rotatable therein, 5 whereby each of said hook-rods Will be universally adjustable in a vertical plane, and a series of adjustable hooks adapted to be secured to the hook-rods.

21. A n adjustable form for making Wire 1o hat-frames comprising a support, a series of horizontally movablev Wire-holding devices carried by said support, and means Jfor moving a number of said wire-holding devices in one direction and a number of said Wire-holding devices in the opposite direction. In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature, in the presenee of two Witnesses, this 26th day of February, 1906.

` JOHN S. BUCKMAN. Witnesses: 1 WM. R. DAVIS,

E. I. CAUGHLAN. 

